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The Gauntlet Reviews MiG

TG has posted a review of Made in Germany here. Short and to the point!

My Car is Made in Germany

I get a lot of questions about my passengers.

Belgium Made in Germany

Hard to ignore...



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Made In Germany Album

It's out there, and it has an impressive array of content in its various forms. I plan to get the big fat mega-uber-super-ultra edition with everything, so I don't have it yet due to a shortage of gold. Please do post in the comments with your reviews, views, raves, rants, and so forth, so I can live vicariously through you, and so can my similarly situated readers!

Made in Germany Album

The Rammstein site has been updated with the details of the new MiG album, including artwork. It would seem that this album cover might resemble the Sehnsucht one, in that each band member is represented in an individual cover. The image provided is Oli, looking downright virginal, all in white.

Here's the gen:

On 2 December 2011, MADE IN GERMANY 1995-2011 will be released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland! The international store date for this Rammstein retrospective is the 5th of December 2011.
MADE IN GERMANY 1995-2011 will be available in three different editions:
Standard Edition: CD Digipak – Best of Album
Special Edition: CD Digipak – Best of Album / Best of Remixes
Super Deluxe Edition: limited steelbox – Best of Album / Best of Remixes / 240- pages photobooklet/ full RAMMSTEIN Video catalog + all Making ofs incl. 8 unreleased Making ofs.
All songs & videos of MADE IN GERMANY 1995-2011 have been remastered for this release!

Made in Germany: Initial Release Details

ThePRP apparently has an inside line on the first details of the new Best of album, Made in Germany.

Rammstein‘s forthcoming greatest hits collection “Made In Germany” is now eyeing a November 22nd release date through Vagrant/Fontana. The outing will be made available in three different formats, including: a standard one disc edition; a deluxe 2 disc edition and a ‘Super Deluxe Metal Box’ edition featuring 2 CD’s and 3 DVD’s.

The collection is expected to feature 20 songs from the bands back catalogue along with the new track “Mein Land“. The groups entire video catalog is expected to comprise some of the DVD content with more exact details are pending.

Speaking of the new track “Mein Land“, a video for it was recently filmed with director Jonas Akerlund (U2, Hollywood Undead) and will debut shortly.

A 45 minute EPK promoting the “Made In Germany” release is expected to begin surfacing in segments shortly, while U.S. touring in support of the set is slated to kick off in the spring.

Note that I have verified none of this. It could all be porky pies for all I know.

Update 0000hrs 20111020 NZDT: I've been able to verify all but the date. Everything else is bankable.

Made in Germany Album & Tour

Rammstein have announced their next tour and album just now:

RAMMSTEIN have assembled a retrospective of their most significant songs: "Made In Germany 1995 – 2011"!
The machinery of RAMMSTEIN Live is hauling across the whole of Europe, starting 6 November 2011 and bringing the essence of 16 years to the stage. With a completely new show, RAMMSTEIN at its best!
All dates are listed below. The tour will be continued in 2012.

The tour dates are as follows:

„Made In Germany 1995 – 2011"- Tour
11/06/2011 SK Bratislava Zimny Stadion Ondreja Nepelu
11/10/2011 HU Budapest Sportarena
11/12/2011 CZ Prague O2 Arena
11/14/2011 PL Gdanks/Sopot Ergo Arena
11/17/2011 D Leipzig Arena
11/20/2011 D Munich Olympiahalle
11/21/2011 D Friedrichshafen Rothaus Halle
11/23/2011 A Vienna Stadthalle
11/25/2011 D Berlin O2 World
11/28/2011 D Hamburg O2 World
11/29/2011 D Bremen Arena
12/01/2011 F Strasbourg Zénith
12/02/2011 LUX Luxembourg Rockhal
12/04/2011 D Düsseldorf ISS Dome
12/08/2011 D Frankfurt a. M. Festhalle
12/10/2011 D Stuttgart Schleyer-Halle
12/12/2011 CH Zurich Hallenstadion

They add detail about the album as well:

Parallel to the tour, "Made In Germany 1995 – 2011" will be released – 20 RAMMSTEIN original bests, including one new track, as well as the entire video catalog for the first time on CD/DVD!

See the link to the Rammstein site for ticket details.

New Video Shoot

The Rammstein site has been updated with photos from the new video shoot in Malibu.

On May 23rd, the band recorded the 22th Rammstein video in LA. Once again directed by the Swede Jonas Åkerlund. After Ich tu dir weh, Pussy, and Mann gegen Mann, he is back for his 4th Rammstein video.

What do you think it's for? I'm thinking LIFAD, but I've heard theories that it's Roter Sand or an entirely new track. Given that one of the video's cast has mentioned moshing I shouldn't think it's Roter Sand, but she thinks it's for the 'best of' so the new track idea isn't a bad one.

New 'Best of' Album in 2011

I've been slack. I know this information has been out for a day or so, but I wanted to verify it, because it's just the sort of thing that goes from rumour to fact to anger in a few easy steps, so I'm a tad behind the times. Nonetheless this is fantastic news, especially the bit about the new songs...

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Lateral Slide into Apocalyptica's 7th

It's about time I evangelised Apocalyptica again, as their new album, 7th Symphony, is imminent (August). Before that (Friday) their new video is due out. The song is End of Me, with Gavin Rossdale (Bush) providing the pipes (and doing so very well). I'm really looking forward to this.

There's a making of video below, featuring Eicca Toppinen, as well as Rossdale and Perttu Kivilaakso, showing a very emo, but beautiful series of shots being made, and excerpts from the finished video:



Enjoy!

LIFAD Bonus Disc Review

Hey, will you look at that. I wrote a review. It has my 'understand no evil' stamp on it, and at some point I will review the entire album, bonus disc included, with the meanings in mind. At some point I will also finish the ITDW video review I started at Christmas. Go me, working at the pace of a snail...

Rammstein Finally Goads the Morality Police

As reported by The Gauntlet LIFAD has been indexed in Germany. This is a first, amazingly enough, given that Rammstein have never been afraid to tackle our societal cess pits and less acceptable urges.

In fact, because this is the first time this has happened I have to consider the indexing system to be a bit farcical in terms of consistency and balance.

Oddly this will probably help with album sales in Germany, if it has any effect, since forbidden fruit is definition sweeter. Rammstein is all about forbidden fruit...

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Get Rammstein

This is more of a review of Rammstein than of LIFAD, but it's from someone who makes a point of demonstrating his understanding of them, so I'm linking to it. Thanks for the link, Rammchick.

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Fat Live Set?

Dante has posted about the album launch in the UK and has included the following wee titbit:

...according to Oli, who I spoke to just the other day, most of these new songs may well feature in the live show, which is being put together right now.

Noice. I hate everyone who gets to see this show live, as I won't be. You're all bastards.
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Holy Fuck!

I didn't realise the bonus tracks were so impressive. This should be a 14 track* album. Considering that they developed 30 to 40 tracks for this project and we have half of that at most I'd say the possible upcoming single B-sides might be worthwhile in an unprecedented way. I need a day or so to digest these extra songs and then I'll write a review.

* Not counting Roter Sand (Orchester) or Liese, which are both by rights Roter Sand single B-sides.

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IdiotMag.Com Review

This one's definitely as valid as any other, and everyone has their opinion, so no tantrums, okay, my little Rammonkeys?

Now Fly...!!!!

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Ritalin & Existentialism

Rammchick posted a link on Herzeleid today. It's a Cleveland review of LIFAD, and in and of itself that's not earthshattering. The zinger the reviewer drops in at the close made my day though:

Paired with the band's fiery stage productions and characteristic dark humor, this album posits Rammstein as the bastard heirs to the existential operetta. As they age, Rammstein continue to use the rock album as a conceptual medium — something lost on the ADHD Rital-ed twits of the iPhone age.

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